Graphics Should I upgrade my 2 HD4850 Sapphire's?

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  1. jay3005

    jay3005 What's a Dremel?

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    Please advise

    Should I upgrade my 2 x radeon Saphire HD4850

    for

    A Single Graphic Card​

    ALSO PLEASE COMMENT ON MY SYSTEM BELOW IF I NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING​


    ANTEC P182
    Be Quiet Pro 650w Limnited Edition
    Intel Core 2 DUO E8600
    Cooler Master V8
    ASUS Rampage X48 DDR2 Repulic of Gamers
    2 x Sapphire HD4850 ( CroccFireX setup)
    GFX Chilla ( on 2 X 4850 )
    OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 2 x 2GB ( Dual Channel )
    Sony PremierPro SDM-P234/B 23"
    Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
     
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  2. ry@n

    ry@n Minimodder

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    How much are you willing to spend on upgrades?

    What do you use it for? Gaming?
     
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  3. Blackmoon181

    Blackmoon181 Geography,Its not just colouring in

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    what kind of games do you use it for?

    what resolution do you game at ?
     
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  4. jay3005

    jay3005 What's a Dremel?

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    I see that the HD4850 are touching on £100 each on ebay (UK). I guess in the region of £250+
     
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  5. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    To me that looks like a fairly well-balanced computer. Personally I'd swap the two graphics cards for a single, faster card, if only to reduce power consumption.
     
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  6. jay3005

    jay3005 What's a Dremel?

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    Which ONE ??
     
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  7. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    I'd probably go for the new Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 1GB Atomic, it looks like a great card to me.

    That, or if you think folding is important, one of the newer nVidia cards, a 275GTX perhaps?
     
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  8. hotnikkelz

    hotnikkelz What's a Dremel?

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    +1 for this.
     
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  9. Oreon_237

    Oreon_237 CHEA BRO!

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    GTX 275, dual cards arent so great for power when at idle
     
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  10. mm vr

    mm vr The cheesecake is a lie

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    Why did you buy Vista Ultimate over Home Premium which has all the features you'll ever need?

    Oh, and is it 64-bit? Upgrade to that if not.
     
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  11. jay3005

    jay3005 What's a Dremel?

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    It was offerd to be at a great price :D

    Running 64 bit.
     
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  12. boiled_elephant

    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    +2, can't do better for the price really. Although the choice between ATI and the equivalent nVidia is, as always, more or less a coin-toss.
     
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  13. Oreon_237

    Oreon_237 CHEA BRO!

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    why did you choose a E8600? the E8400 would of overclocked to the same (except for the lower multiplier.) but be cheaper
     
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